Harbordite issue #63

THE HARBORDITE

Harbord Club Newsletter

Jerry Gray: Harbord Alumni, honored with

the Joe Hill Award for lifetime achievement

to the Arts and Progressive Social causes!

The Joe Hill award

honors leaders and art-

ists who have contrib-

uted to the successful

integration of arts and

culture In the labor

movement. Given

every year at the Great

Labor Arts Exchange, it

is awarded to persons

based on their dedica-

tion, participation, and

promotion of labor, la-

bor arts, culture, organi-

zation and/or history.

2010 marks the first in-

ternational awarding as

we honor one

Of Canada's leading

organizer/troubadours.

Jerry Gray, a founding

member of The Travel-

lers folk group, formed

in 1953 by

banjo-player and lead

singer. Under jerry's

leadership, the group

would survive for al-

most 60 years through

the changes of the

movement, politics and

the evolution of the folk

music tradition.

The Travellers per-

formed for audiences of

all ages, including chil-

dren and on university

campuses. Continued page 3

I entered a school sing-

ing competition in De-

cember to see how far I

could go and I ended up

winning the title of

„Harbord Idol‟. I then

moved onto the next

level where I had to put

together a creative team

and we worked for

months to put together a

marketing plan. I went

on to compete against

27 other TDSB win-

ners. I created a CD and

a music video (http://

www.youtube.com/

watch?

v=PVBSdstxYGc&feat

ure=player_embedded#

!)

After the second round

of competition, I was

selected for the top 12. Continued page 4

Inside this issue:

Editorial 2

The Principal’s Message

2

Class of 1950

Celebrates

60th Reunion

3

Museum Musings

5

1950 Grad

Speaks

6

Recent Grad

Thanks Harbord

club

8

Harbord Club

Award Winner

10

BREAKING

NEWS!

Harbord Home-

coming Event!

Inviting ALL

Harbordites!

Nov 24,

11 AM to 6 PM

See last page

for more details.

Sierra Medeiros-Felix: Very Talented

Musician, 2010 Grad & TDSB Idol finalist

Don’t miss The HARBORD

HOMECOMING !

Wed. Nov 24, 11am to 6 pm

November 2010

Issue 63

Dear Harbordite Readers:

Hope you all had a wonderful

and enjoyable summer! We wel-

come you all back to this issue of

the Harbordite!

We, Belinda Medeiros-Felix

(class of '81 and Harbord C.I.

Staff) and Ben Lee (class of '78),

are your new co-editors of the

Harbordite. We are very proud to

represent the Harbord Club and

present to you this next edition of

the Harbord Club newsletter. We

hope it will help to connect or

reconnect you with your wonder-

ful high school, friends and ex-

periences!

In this edition, we will highlight

current happenings relating to the

school and its Alumni, as well as

fabulous stories of past alumni

accomplishments and tales. We

will also introduce to you the re-

vitalized Harbord Club Board of

Directors with photos! Also, we

are pleased to say that Syd

Moscoe is back with his Museum

Musings!

It's our pleasure to do our part in

keeping the alumni of Harbord

Collegiate Institute connected as

a community. In this issue you

will find out many different ways

we Harbordites can stay in touch.

One of those ways is our First

Harbord Collegiate Homecoming

Event on Nov. 24, 2010 from

11am 'til 6pm. All Alumni are

welcome! This year, we will be

honouring graduates from the

60's.

On behalf of The Harbord Club

and ourselves, we hope you en-

joy reading this Fall Issue of the

Harbordite. We encourage you to

submit articles about yourselves

or other alumni or Harbord re-

lated stories to the Harbordite. It

can be stories of your post secon-

dary school experiences, accom-

plishments, reunions with other

alumni in the past or future

events.

The email is:

[email protected] .

Please also visit

www.harbordclub.com .

If you haven't done so already,

send your name (as you were en-

rolled as a student), address, ph.

#, email address and year you

graduated to

[email protected] .

This info will be added to the

current alumni roster and will be

kept confidential in the school

Museum archives. You can also

find us on Facebook;

www.facebook.com/home.php?#

!/group.php?gid=2343351544 or

search Harbord C.I.

Grads/Alumni .

Thank you for your continued

support and we extend an open

invitation for you to visit our

school any time. Especially at

our very First Harbord C.I.

Homecoming on Nov 24, 2010!

Message from the Principal - Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes

Hello Harbordites:

Off to another great year. On

October 7th we honoured 182

graduates, 95 of whom were On-

tario Scholars at our 117th Com-

mencement. I would like to

thank once again the Harbord

Club and Harbord Charitable

Foundation for making available

over 50 awards and scholarships

for our graduates. Thanks also to

the Club and Foundation who

will be helping to honour over 50

students at our Awards breakfast

on November 17th at 10 AM. We

would love to have you as our

guest if you are in the area.

Please call Mary Selvaggi at 393-

1650 if you

would like to

attend.

The Museum

Club students

along with our

Archives class

continue to catalogue and pre-

serve our history. Please visit the Continued page 8

Editorial: Message from the New Co-Editors

- Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) & Ben Lee (‘78)

THE HARBORDITE

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.harbordclub.com


http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=2343351544

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Continued from cover page

Much of their music

resonated with the

years of campus unrest,

and its 1967 recording

of "A Century of Song"

as a tribute to 100 years

of Canadian trade un-

ionism, established The

Travellers' labor pro-

file.

They continued to perform at

schools, protest rallies and union

meetings up to the present. For

the past 15 years, Jerry has

shared his knowledge of union

music, by teaching a university

level course called, "Folk, Pro-

test and Union Music" at univer-

sities in Canada and the U.S.

In 2001, Jerry and The Travellers

were given a lifetime

achievement award by the Cana-

dian section of the American

Federation of Musicians. In

2009 he was given a lifetime

Cultural Achievement Award by

the Ontario Federation of Labor

for helping to instill culture and

music into the labor movement.

Last year, The Travellers per-

formed a sold-out concert in To-

ronto to honor Pete Seeger on his

90th birthday.

Former winners of the Joe Hill

Award include Guy Cara-

wan, Joe Glazer, Cesar

Chavez and Pete Seeger.

Jerry is the first Canadian

to be so-honoured.

Presentation was made in

Detroit on June 20, 2010,

at the closing concert of

the 2010 Great Labor Arts

Exchange. Jerry was the

featured performer.

Continued page 24

Jerry Gray: Harbord Alumni, honored with the Joe Hill

Award - Continued...

Issue 63

The Harbord class of 1950 celebrated its 60th reunion in

Toronto on Oct 17, 2010.

At the reunion, in addition to re-

newing old friendships,

schmoozing and enjoying a

bountiful brunch, reminiscences

of Harbord were shared by

a number of classmates, and im-

ages from Harbord Reviews of

that period were presented in a

'nostalgia' slide show.

The slide show, speeches and

snapshots were subsequently

added to our class reunion web-

site (resurrected from our 50th

reunion). It can be viewed

at http://www.thirdeyeview.net/

Personal/Harbord_Reunion60/

index.html.

To help alert classmates of the

website, both those who attended

the reunion and those who

missed it, we are anxious to com-

pile an email address list of all

members of the class of 1950. If

you wish to be included in this

list (which may also be used to

facilitate future communications

of class interest) please reply to

Laurie Naiman

at [email protected].

See pages 20 & 21 for Reunion

Photos!

http://www.thirdeyeview.net/Personal/Harbord_Reunion60/index.html




The pressure was on! On April

12, after many weeks of online

voting, the top 12 contestants

sang their hearts out to a group of

Canadian Idol judges joined to-

gether in front of a

massive audience at

the Toronto Centre

for the Arts. The top

6 were selected to

sing one last song

and I was fortunate

to be one of them.

By the end of the

night, I walked out of there with

an unforgettable experience and

memories to last a lifetime. Made

TOP 6 and I was proud to repre-

sent Harbord!

Biography

A native Torontonian, Sierra is a

creative soul eager to enter into

the world of evolving music. Si-

erra enjoys almost every aspect

of the arts from creating dance

choreography to writing lyrics

for her original musical composi-

tions. Her musical passion started

when she was just a baby form-

ing sentences and learning to

walk. Discovering a natural mu-

sical inclination at a very young

age, it was no surprise that Sierra

developed a passion for all things

music. Over the years, her talents

expanded as she explored music

through voice, flute, guitar, and

song writing. She has an appre-

ciation for all styles of music but

believes her heart belongs to

country/pop.

Sierra grew up in a very creative

environment where musical ex-

pression was not only appreci-

ated but encouraged. She has one

older sister who is a trained mu-

sical theatre performer and part

owner of a regional

theatre production

company situated in

Toronto. Definite

influences in her life

are Aselin Debison

(young singer/song

writer), her sister

Ashley, her mom

Belinda, her Godmother Sandy

and her high school vocal teacher

Renata.

When asked what inspires her to

sing, Sierra said it was a creative

outlet for self expression. Just

two years ago, Sierra competed

in Canal Days Idol and was one

of the top 5 finalists. Sierra has

had the opportunity to perform to

live audiences, both at her

school, (Talent shows, Lunar

banquets, Black History assem-

blies), and in Toronto Musical

Theatre productions.

Throughout her life, Sierra has

been a part of different choirs

and vocal classes at school where

in her last 2 years she won the

awards for highest achievement

in the vocal program and the

dedication to music award. Her

Cantemus choir is a constant

gold medal contender at The Ki-

wanis Music Festival, and took

the top spot this year. Right be-

fore she gets on stage Sierra gets

the pre-show jitters, but as soon

as she gets out in front of an au-

dience, the jitters melt away and

are replaced with the adrenaline

and warmth of feeling at home

on the stage.

Being a contender for the title of

TDSB Idol has made her appreci-

ate the hard work that goes into

this profession. Sierra and her

creative team, Paw Printz Pro-

ductions, held many productive

meetings where everyone took on

a very important role. She was

booked for numerous photo

shoots, had a demo CD created,

and also has a music video.

When asked why she would like

the title of TDSB IDOL, Sierra

immediately answered, I have

already learned so much from

working with a creative team and

it would be an amazing opportu-

nity to grow as an artist, network

with like-minded individuals and

industry professionals, and relish

in the experience of a lifetime

Sierra Medeiros-Felix: Very Talented Musician, 2010 Grad

& TDSB Idol finalist - Continued…

THE HARBORDITE

having represented my school,

my age demographic and

(hopefully!) my city.

The Paw Printz Productions

name came naturally to her be-

cause of her love for animals and

she also thought it suitable as our

school mascot is a tiger. Sierra

hopes to use her influence to

bring awareness and change of

animal cruelty. A percentage of

her CD sales will be donated to

animal shelters.

Sierra's advice for anyone want-

ing to pursue a singing career is to

be realistic about your goals and

know that you must work hard

every day to better yourself. And

remember, Opportunities multiply

as they are Seized

– Sun Tzu.

Issue 63

The coming year will prove to be

a new and exciting one for your

Museum.

It is anticipated that at long last

we will have a new picture rail

installed so that we can hang the

framed photos that we have col-

lected over the past few years,

including photos of the unveiling

of “Our Soldier” from November

11, 1921 up to and including the

unveiling and dedication of our

Second World War Monument

on May 7, 2007.

We hope that since our last issue

you have had an opportunity to

click on the Harbord Club web-

site and take a virtual visit

through your Museum. The work

was completed at the time that

you received the last Harbordite.

At the time we issued a special

thanks to Richard Sui, Esther

Jeon and Jonathan To, who were

graduating from HCI.

Congratulations are sent out to

Richard Sui for being awarded a

Kensington Foundation Award as

well as a University of Waterloo

President‟s Scholarship, and to

Esther Jeon for being awarded

the Harbord Club Hank Stratton

Award, a Kensington Foundation

Award , a University of Toronto

Faculty of Applied Science &

Engineering Admission Scholar-

ship, the West Toronto PEO

Chapter Scholarship, and a

Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for

the Top Scholarship.

We welcome this year as Mu-

seum Club volunteers, Rachel

Fabbri , Claire Shenstone Harris ,

Cole Barkman, Sydney Dumett,

and Emily Brown under the lead-

ership of our student teacher ad-

visor Mr. Daniel Le Blanc. As

you may well know, the time put

in by the students in the Museum

counts toward the 40 community

service hours they must earn be-

fore they can receive their

graduation diploma. We hope

this year to digitize a number of

items from the Museum and add

them to the Harbord Club web-

site.

We are pleased to report that af-

ter the last issue went to press,

“The Happy Ghosts of Harbord”,

published for the Centenary of

HCI in 1992, was digitized by

Ron Smith (HCI 1961) and

placed on the web. If you would

like to view it, here is the link

http://www.slideshare.net/

HarbordClub/harbordite-no30 .

We also have copies available for

purchase from the Museum at

$25.00 plus postage.

If you have any memorabilia of

your years at Harbord that may

be surplus to your needs please

feel free to forward it to us. We

shall treasure it and look after it.

When coming to HCI‟s Home-

coming, November 24th, please

come and visit the Museum.

The Museum will be deacces-

sioning some items surplus to our

needs and they will be available

for sale at the Homecoming.

Your Harbord Museum is open

every Wednesday from 1:00 pm

to 5:00 pm during the school

term.

Museum Musings – Syd Moscoe

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What is it about Harbord? What

other High School has a 60th year

reunion that has people coming

from across such a huge gulf of

time? Where else can we find

other people with whom such a

strong bond was forged that we

return after generations of time?

Certainly, part of it was the at-

mosphere of the place. It was

immediately after World War II

had ended. People who had

served in the armed forces were

coming home. Optimism for the

future was almost palpable. And

entering High School was the

most exciting and scary experi-

ence that I‟d ever had.

During my earlier years I‟d at-

tended three different schools,

and none are places to which I‟d

return. Don‟t mistake this as a

lack of success or delight in

learning new things. But those

places did not provide the same

kinds of new things. Whether it

was the excitement of discover-

ing the wonders of the living

world around us in science

classes (Mr. Smith provided that

entry), or the mind expanding

words to express wondrous

worlds in English classes (Dr.

Kingston), the precision of

thought and expression of Ger-

man (Mr. Howe), the infinite de-

lights of music, both in listening

and performance (Mr. Haig), to

the magnetism of past worlds in

History classes (Mr. Baker), I‟ll

never know.

I do know, however, that I was

permanently changed by those

classes and those teachers. Har-

bord was a safe place to learn, to

question an idea, to challenge a

teacher‟s memory, or to dispute a

concept, and still come out with

dignity and self-confidence in-

tact.

It was a place where ideas took

precedence, where languages

took on new meanings, where the

excitements of the synthesis of

ideas flourished. Nothing was

impossible in such an atmos-

phere. It was an extremely safe

place for me to try, fail, and rec-

ognize that failure simply meant

trying again from a different

point of view.

Many years ago I read a novel by

D.L. Sayers. She opened her

book with a quote from John

Donne in which he compared the

University to a Paradise: “Rivers

of Knowledge are there, Arts and

Sciences flow from there” but

they are “Gardens that are walled

up, Walls that are sealed up, bot-

tomless depths of unsearchable

counsels there”.

And, judging by the scientific

and artistic accomplishments of

many of my former classmates, it

seems that some of us have been

given those keys. This is why it

gave me such joy to rejoin my

classmates in our 60th anniver-

sary reunion.

Homecoming 2010 by Hannah Banky Brown (Class of

1950 at her 60th Reunion)

THE HARBORDITE

When Helen Klingman phoned

to ask if I would be a speaker at

the reunion, I had to stop and

think about it. Not that I didn‟t

want to speak, but it‟s hard to

remember what happened yester-

day, let alone recall incidents

from 60 years ago. But of course

I accepted, and soon began jot-

ting down some ideas. I ran

them by my daughter who was

visiting from Vancouver. She

immediately critiqued my writ-

ing, saying, “That speech is all

about you, Dad.” And she was

right! So I sat down and this

time thought long and hard about

what I wanted to say.

Above all, I wanted to convey

the great influence that Harbord

had on me, and by association,

on all of us collectively. We

arrived as young, insecure teens,

just at the end of World War II

and left as confident, young

adults, ready to take on the

golden 1950‟s.

Harbord, of course, was known

for academic achievement and in

those days, with grade 13 Provin-

cial exams , this was quantifi-

able. But it was not just the aca-

demic excellence that influenced

us it was also the extracurricular

activities that drew us together.

All of us rejoiced in the magic

of the Gilbert and Sullivan oper-

ettas staged by Mr. Haig and as-

sisted by the great Harbord or-

chestra. The few sour musical

notes were of no consequence

and ignored by all. We all en-

joyed the precision (and some-

times not), schoolyard drills of

the cadet core and drum band

under the direction of Mr. Frizell.

And last, but certainly not least,

we all laughed at the skits and “

shtick “ of the “Brotherhood of

the Lost Parabola“. This was the

essence of Harbord. It was

these shared experiences, either

as a participant or as an onlooker,

that turned a „me‟ into an „us‟.

I didn‟t participate in any of the

music programs and I wasn‟t

involved in the drama presenta-

tions. I was strictly a sports

“nut“.

I do remember a couple of sports

stories that I was involved in.

The first story is about football. I

played senior football when I

was in 3rd form. The guys on

the team were the only 12 boys

in the whole school who were

brave enough, or stupid enough,

that Mr. Caldecott could con-

vince to “Do or die for HCI”. At

that time I lived above a small

“schul” on Huron St. just south

of Dundas. Peter Miller, who

lived a few doors up from me,

was also on the team. I remem-

ber hiding my football gear in his

house so that my parents would-

n‟t find out I was on the team.

They expected that 100 % of my

school time be devoted to learn-

ing.

That year we played Bloor, in the

final game of the season. Bloor

was a powerhouse, mainly be-

cause Bob Kendal, a mountain of

a man with about 230 pounds of

solid muscle, was on their team.

Playing safety, I tackled him. I

went down like a rag doll and

don‟t remember anything else

about the rest of the game, except

that it ended in a close 52 to 0

victory for Bloor. That Friday

night, at the school dance, a

pretty girl asked me, “Do you

know any of the football players

on our team? I‟d really like to

meet one”. She didn‟t even know

I was on the team. That lack of

recognition, plus the smack in the

head, marked the end of my foot-

ball career. Not that recognition

by good-looking girls meant any-

thing to me back then. Of course

not!

Continued page 9

Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate – Josh Fedder

THE HARBORDITE Harbord Club Newsletter

Issue 63

Harbord Club website to see all

the upgrades done to it. I would

like to thank Syd Moscoe for his

continued support in these en-

deavors.

We are always looking for arti-

facts or Harbord memorabilia to

showcase in our Museum.

Without you, the Harbordite

would not be possible. Please

send your stories and let your

fellow alumni know that we need

their stories as well to make this

publication as vibrant as it can

be. I would like to thank Ben

Lee class of „78 and Belinda

Medeiros-Felix class of ‟81 for

volunteering to be the new co-

editors of the Harbordite.

Please remember that your alma

mater is always open to you.

You have an open invitation any

time to come in and visit. We

continue to enjoy an increase in

visits and contacts from more

alumni. Thank you.

Dear Harbord Club:

My name is Ben Carter-Whitney

and I am a member of the Har-

bord Collegiate Graduating Class

of 2010. I am writing to express

my gratitude for being recog-

nized with the Stapleton Calde-

cott Award this year. I am aware

of and extremely grateful for the

amount of effort the Harbord

Club puts into raising the money

which makes these awards possi-

ble.

Over the course of my four years

at Harbord, I strove to allow my-

self to indulge in all of my vari-

ous interests, both through taking

classes from an assortment of

subjects, and participating in ex-

tracurricular through the school. I

was a member of the volleyball

team for my entire time here, and

in each of my final two years I

was a part of the championship-

winning hockey team. I have also

been a member of the school

band and the Boys‟ Athletic As-

sociation.

I am now attending McGill Uni-

versity, studying the liberal arts,

and I plan to follow a concentra-

tion in political science. I am en-

joying it thoroughly and never

cease to notice new ways in

which Harbord helped to prepare

me, both as a student and as a

person, for the situations which I

encounter. Although I am still

uncertain about what I plan to do

upon completing my degree, I

am positive that I will continue

to find the skills I acquired at

Harbord to be helpful and rele-

vant in an ongoing way regard-

less of what path I choose to fol-

low.

For me, this award seems to be a

perfect composite of who I have

been throughout my years at Har-

bord, and who I hope to be as I

travel through life. Awarded for

excellence in athletics and social

studies, the Stapleton Caldecott

Award reflects my variety in in-

terests in a way that is incredibly

meaningful to me. It represents

both how far I have come and

how far I have yet to go. I will

surely carry this and all of my

Harbord memories proudly with

me wherever I go.

Sincerely,

Ben Carter-Whitney

Recent Grad Thanks Harbord Club for Award!

- Ben Carter-Whitney

Message from the Principal - Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes -

Continued...

“This award seems to be a perfect composite of who I have been

throughout my years at Harbord, and who I hope to be as I travel

through life. “

THE HARBORDITE

This final story sums up Har-

bord, for me. I was in fifth

form. It was the last period of the

day and it was English, my fa-

vourite subject ,taught by „Doc‟

Kingston, my favourite teacher.

The whole class was involved in

a serious

discussion about Coriolanus, a

Shakespearian play that was sure

to be on our final exam. We were

running late, but time did not

seem important. The ideas were

coming fast and furious and the

discourse was spirited. Suddenly,

there was a knock on the door

and in walked „Stapes‟ Caldecott,

now as the basketball coach.

Stapes approached „Doc‟ King-

ston and asked, in a low voice,

for Fedder to be let out of class

as he had to play in a basketball

game that was to start momentar-

ily. „Doc‟ Kingston replied,

“Can we talk about this in the

hall Mr. Caldecott”. Out they

went, but through the partially

open door we could hear „Stapes‟

angrily saying,” Kingston, bas-

ketball is important to the school

and we need to win today to

make the playoffs.” Doc replied

in an equally loud voice, even

more scathing in tone, Caldecott,

sports are for the semi-literate

and are not important. Literature

is what will allow these young

people to get ahead in life”.

Looking back 60 years later, I

have to conclude that they were

both right, in their own way.

That little rumble in the hall

epitomized Harbord for

me:”Sports”, “Academics”, and

“Growing up”.

Murray Rubin – Speaking at the 60th Reunion of the Class

of 1950

I would like to congratulate

Helen Klingman and her com-

mittee for organizing this 60th

anniversary of the graduation of

our class. A very difficult task

and I should know as I was in-

volved in 1950.

I have been asked why I spent so

much time working for Harbord

Collegiate. It is difficult to

explain to one or two people who

did not attend Harbord but

maybe some in this group would

understand.

I love this country Canada and

for me Harbord represents every-

thing that is great about this na-

tion. This school is a reflection of

what I would wish on the entire

world.

People of all races, religions, col-

ours and ethnic backgrounds

came to Harbord, as they came

to Canada, and were given the

opportunity to get an education,

and be successful in whatever

field they chose.

This is an excerpt from the To-

ronto Star November 12, 2005

“While Remembrance Day

ceremonies usually draw digni-

taries to cenotaphs across Can-

ada, a former Minister of De-

fense, a top general and a leading

Canadian businessman, went to a

high school to observe it “ Not

just any high-school, our high

school. We rededicated a monu-

ment to the soldiers who died in

the 1st World War. The money

was raised by graduates who

were not even alive during that

Continued page 10

Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate – Josh Fedder

Continued...

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Continued from page 9

war.

May 9th 2007 and I quote

an article in the Globe

and Mail: “Harbord Col-

legiate remembered its

students and staff who

died in the 2nd world war

during a monument dedication in

their honour at the collegiate.

The monument was created by

Morton Katz a Harbord graduate.

Of the more than 700 students

and staff who enlisted in the war,

more than 50 died. No other

school has even remotely ap-

proached this dedication in re-

membering its past.”

Nothing is impossible at this

school. I could be here a few

hours listing the names of our

individual success stories. Au-

thors, poets, mayors, UN ambas-

sadors, scientists, leaders

of

industry, doctors, com-

posers, musicians, come-

dians, archi-

tects ,soldiers, lawyers,

working people, teach-

ers, Nobel prize winners

and pharmacists. I detected a lit-

tle smile among this audience as

I included pharmacists. It was

not for me but for Leslie Dan, a

graduate from Harbord and after

whom the Faculty of Pharmacy

building at U. of T. is named.

Well, I will not take a few hours

but I would like to read out the

names of some former students

who won the Order of Canada,

three of whom were in the class

of 1950:

Louis Applebaum Alan Borovoy,

Leonard Braithwaite, Leslie Dan,

Judy Feld Carr, Victor Feldbrill,

Frank Gehry, Edwin Goodman,

Bernie Langer ,Stephen Lewis

Louis Rasminsky, Harry Rosen,

Frank Shuster, Louis Simino-

vitch, Harry Somers, Marv Tile,

John Weinzweig.

I am proud that I attended Har-

bord Collegiate and graduated,

and I bask in the reflected glory

of the great people who attended

before and after.

2010 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!

- Amy Zhong

Dear Harbord Club,

It is my honour to be the recipi-

ent of the Harbord Club Leslie

Dan Achievement Award at this

fall‟s commencement ceremony.

As the recipient of a Harbord

Club award for a fourth and final

year, I will once again express

my gratitude for the Harbord

Club‟s continued support to us,

the students, and involvement in

our school community.

Currently, I am pursuing a

Bachelor of Commerce at the

Queen‟s School of Business. I

am thoroughly enjoying my time

here at Queen‟s University

studying something I am pas-

sionate about. I feel the pro-

gram, my professors, and my

peers are helping me challenge

myself as a student, as a leader

and as an individual. Over this

past month I have adjusted to

living independently, developed

some amazing friendships, and

immersed myself in the Queen‟s

Community. I feel well prepared

academically and in terms of

transferrable skills that I can ap-

ply to other aspects of life. I feel

a reason why there was such an

overall smooth transition because

I was a Harbordite.

Harbord has given me so many

opportunities. I have been chal-

lenged in various ways, and from

these challenges I was able to

Murray Rubin – Speaking at the 60th Reunion of the Class

of 1950, Continued...

THE HARBORDITE

Nothing is

impossible at

this school.

I am proud that I attended

Harbord Collegiate

grow. I have broadened my hori-

zon through my extra-curricular

involvement in the arts, athletics,

and numerous clubs. I have ac-

quired leadership skills and have

learned how to work effectively

in a team. I have engrained in

me attitudes that will help over-

come other obstacles in life.

Through my involvement outside

of the classroom, I now under-

stand the unquantifiable value of

getting involved. I can confi-

dently say that Harbord has given

me the chance to evolve to be the

individual I proud to be today.

I have always admired Harbord‟s

community spirit. It is evident

through the Harbord Club, the

administrators, and the staff‟s

actions that they whole-heartedly

dedicate themselves to helping

the students succeed. It has only

been a few months, but I already

find myself reminiscing with my

fellow graduates on the memo-

ries we have created at Harbord.

Over the four years, I have seen

and heard so many individuals

announce proudly of once being

a Harbordite, and I am too now

pleased to join this large family.

Please allow me to share the fol-

lowing anecdote where I further

recognized what it means to be a

Harbordite.

Thanks to the opportunities Har-

bord has offered me, its suppor-

tive academic environment and

my involvement outside of

school I am privileged to be a

Queen‟s Major Entrance Scholar-

ship recipient. At the awards re-

ception last month there were

also numerous past scholarship

recipients,

current and

past fac-

ulty mem-

bers, and

alumni

present.

I had the

opportu-

nity to

speak to an

elder, re-

tired, sci-

ence pro-

fessor. We

were casu-

ally con-

versing

when he asked how many other

students from my high school are

here at Queen‟s University from

my graduating class of about 200

students. I replied with, “About

10.” He proceeded to ask which

high school I went to. I re-

sponded not expecting him to

know about our school, since

only the rare few have upon my

arrival here.

When he heard Harbord Colle-

giate Institute he gently tilted his

head back with a tiny smile, nod-

ding with understanding. He told

me with almost a twinkle in his

eye that I seem to make good de-

cisions as to the schools I attend.

Of course, I was both excited and

curious by this reaction and in-

sisted that he elaborate. He ex-

plained that during the 60‟s and

then again in the 80‟s he was a

part of the admissions committee

that read applications to decide

which students will be offered

admissions. Over time, he came

familiar with schools and the

types of students they produced.

He is aware of Harbord‟s pres-

tige and long history of excel-

lence.

It was a pleasure returning to this

school and seeing everybody

again. Once again, I am very

grateful to receive the Harbord

Club Leslie Dan Achievement

Award. Thank you.

As I leave the commencement

celebrations at Harbord, like

many others, I already know I

will be back- to visit, to contrib-

ute, to reminisce. Staff, students,

and alumni collectively distin-

guish Harbord, as individually

Harbord defines us.

Yours truly,

Amy Zhong

Queen‟s School of Business „14

Issue 63

At that moment I have never

been more proud to be a

Harbordite. I felt a sense of

belonging to something bigger,

older, and deeper than what I

could have ever imagined. I

understand in a completely new

context what it meant to be a part

of a history, to be a part of a

tradition, to have chosen to come

to Harbord.

Dear Harbord Collegiate c/o har-

[email protected] ( I know

there's a real person reading this,

but I don't know your name!),

This is the first time I've ever

been asked for the information --

and I'm delighted to give it! My

name when I attended Harbord

was Robin Jane Beckwith. That's

still my name! I began attending

Harbord in 1968.

I attended York University be-

ginning in 1974, graduating in

1978 with an Honors BA in Eng-

lish. I obtained my Masters in

Business Administration in 1984

from Houston Baptist University.

I've lived in Houston, Texas

since 1978, becoming an Ameri-

can citizen in 1985.

I look forward to hear-

ing more from Harbord.

It's been a lifetime since

I talked to just about

anyone I went to school

with there!

All the best,

Robin

PS : Here's one for the coinci-

dence record: In the past 3 hours

I've been reading the two Har-

bord yearbooks I have from the

years I attended, as well

as reading essays I

wrote for courses I took

at York. I hadn't exam-

ined these writings for

decades. Reading a

poem I wrote when I

was 16 made me break

down in tears. It was so

amazing to read my 16-

year-old voice and find

how much I live and speak with

it now. Hmmmm......

Thanks

Museum Volunteer Wins Harbord Club & Kensington Awards

- Esther Jeon

Dear Harbord Club and Kensing-

ton Foundation,

My name is Esther Jeon and this

year I am the recipient of the

Harbord Club Hank Stratton

Award and also the Kensington

Foundation Award. I would like

to sincerely thank you for these

two awards as they acknowledge

the hard work I put into my high

school academics and serves as a

reminder for me to try even

harder in my future endeavors.

Just to give a brief introduction

about myself I have a Korean

background and came to Canada

when I was 6 years old. Cur-

rently, I am a student at the Uni-

versity of Toronto in the Engi-

neering Science program. I have

to say, university life is definitely

a different environment com-

pared to high school and these

days I have come to miss walk-

ing in the halls of Harbord Colle-

giate. I have attended Harbord

Collegiate all throughout the 4

years of high school and one

thing for sure is that my high

school experience could not have

been better.

To me Harbord Collegiate truly

was my second home. Being in-

volved in many clubs during high

school, I spent a lot of my time at

school and stayed well past class

hours. I love how Harbord has so

much to offer to its students and I

was able to benefit from this by

being part of many clubs such as

Students Leading Initiative for

Change, Pink Ribbon Society,

and even had the opportunity to

start my own club called the Har-

bord Rocket Club.

In terms of academics, I love

how there is a strong dynamic

relationship between the students

and teachers and it is because of

their strong interest in my aca-

Letter to the Harbord Club - Robin Jane Beckwith (Class of

‘72)

THE HARBORDITE

Reading a

poem I wrote

when I was 16

made me break

down in tears



demic well being is what enabled

me to succeed at school. Without

these two balanced components

of extracurricular activity and

academics which I

experienced during

high school, I do not

think that I would be

the same successful

student and the per-

son I am today.

During my final year

at Harbord, I had the

opportunity to volun-

teering in the Harbord

Club Museum and

wrote many informa-

tion articles for the

display cabinets in-

side the museum. Through this

experience, I had the privilege to

learn just how rich the history of

this school really is. I learned so

much about Harbord and its past,

and working in the museum also

developed a stronger loyalty and

respect for the school. I find it

really special that Har-

bord gives out awards to

students every year for

their academic and extra-

curricular achievements.

During the period I vol-

unteered at the museum,

Mr. Syd Moscoe, the cu-

rator, told me how the

Harbord Club started

these awards through the

decision of past students

donating their own

money to the school in

order that future students

would receive these awards. The

amount of collegiality they had

back then for the school to even

formulate such a club, as the Har-

bord Club, and start these awards

truly struck me and gave me an ap-

preciation to these people.

Right now, my goal is to complete

my undergraduate education in en-

gineering and hopefully continue on

to graduate school either in the sci-

ences or potentially in business.

During university, I hope to refine

the skills I developed at Harbord

and as a new Harbord Club mem-

ber, I hope to give back to the

school in the future in remembrance

of what it has done for me.

Once again, thank you for these

awards and the continual support

and commitment you give to the

Harbord Collegiate students!

Sincerely,

Esther Jeon

I learned so

much about

Harbord and its

past, and working

in the museum

also developed a

stronger loyalty

and respect for

the school.

Donation from Class of ‘57 50th Anniversary Committee

- Lucy Shiffman Sadowski, Chair

Dear Syd,

As I explained on the telephone,

I was the chair of the Committee

for the celebration of the 50th An-

niversary of the class of 1957 at

Harbord and I still had a few dol-

lars in the account we set up for

this occasion.

I have finally written out two

cheques today – one is directed

to the discretionary fund of the

principal of HCI, currently, as

you know Rodrigo Fuentes. It is to

be used to help some kids stay in

school or to be able to get the most

out of their experiences at Harbord

by, for instance, being able to par-

ticipate in field trips, etc.

The other cheque I am sending to

you is for whatever you need it for

in the museum. I am a real fan of

museums, being a member of the

ROM and AGO and still teaching

in the ROM Education Department

after I retired from the classroom.

I am thrilled at the job you are do-

ing there. Now that I am living so

close, I might drop in some

Wednesday to update myself on

your progress.

All the best to you and the Harbord

Club for your good work.

Sincerely,

Lucy Shiffman Sadowski '57

Issue 63

When I was a student at Harbord

I did my best to remain incon-

spicuous. I sat at the back and the

last thing that I wanted to do was

to stand up in front of the class

and speak That hasn‟t changed

much since then, but Helen

twisted my arm and here I am –

on my feet in front of my class-

mates with instructions to talk

about my memories of Harbord

and how it influenced my life

after leaving school.

When I arrived at Harbord in

1945 I was a shy, introspective,

awkward, self conscious and na-

ïve child. .I was intimidated by

the size of the school and what I

took to be the maturity and

competence of the older students.

Fortunately I had become a

member of Habonim and had a

group of friends who made it

easy for me to integrate into the

school. That core group - Merv

Kerzner, Red Petroff, Howard

Weinberg and Danny Glick were

my comfort zone from which I

could explore the rich offerings

of the school.

The curriculum was fine as far as

I was concerned and although the

teaching was variable, the stan-

dards were high and I developed

a disciplined approach to learn-

ing. There were a few goofy

teachers but that just taught me

how to learn on my own. My fa-

vourite teachers were Miss Hys-

lop – because she called me

“Bearnarrr Lawnjayy” and Mr

Fraser – because he thought and

taught beyond the curriculum

and also because he offered that

neat elective in THE calculus.

The extracurricular activities

were a very important part of my

confidence building and included

swimming (which I loved) , bas-

ketball (which I played poorly -

but I was tall), dancing (that‟s

where the girls were) and shoot-

ing. You might not have known

it but there was a rifle range in

the basement of the school and

although a *** with a gun was an

uncommon sight in those days,

I actually won a silver spoon in

the provincial shooting competi-

tion.

In Grade 13 I was still not sure

what I wanted to be when I grew

up and I didn‟t apply to medicine

until the very last minute. I fi-

nally did so mainly because it

was hard to get in and that was

where the smartest kids in the

class were going. It turned out

that 15 people from our class

eventually ending up in meds at

U of T or elsewhere.

It was not until I arrived at uni-

versity that I realized how well

Harbord had prepared me for that

new experience. The most im-

portant thing was the confidence

that I had developed and the abil-

ity to try new things without fear

of failure. I still experienced

plenty of failure – but that

became an important part of

learning and getting better at

what I was doing. One of the new

things that I tried was marriage,

and when I graduated I had not

only a diploma but a wife and a

son about to be born.

Laurie has made some nice com-

ments about my career, but I still

look back in wonder at some of

the things that happened to me. I

have to confess that I did not

plan that career – in fact a lot of

what happened came about while

I was planning something differ-

ent. A good example of that was

my involvement in the liver

transplantation program at U of

T.

When I was finishing my surgi-

cal training in 1962 I was offered

a job as a general surgeon at

Speech at Class of 1950 - 60th Reunion, Oct 17, 2010

by Bernie Langer

THE HARBORDITE

The most important thing

was the confidence that I

had developed and the

ability to try new things

without fear of failure.

TGH with the condition that I get

some additional training in the

very new field of cancer

chemotherapy. I agreed to do that

but what I really wanted to do

was to also work in the labora-

tory of Francis Moore in Boston,

the world authority on the physi-

ology of the body‟s response to

trauma. So I did the cancer work

first and then went to Boston –

staying at Laurie‟s

apartment until I found a place

for Ryna and the 3 kids we had

somehow accumulated.

On arrival in Moore‟s lab I was

surprised to find that he was no

longer interested in surgical

physiology but was feverishly

working to prepare his team to

attempt the world‟s first liver

transplant. That project eventu-

ally failed but I was caught up in

it and the focus of my training in

Boston instantly changed. I be-

came very interested in the possi-

bilities of major surgery on the

liver – something that I had

never seen or done in my 6 years

of postgraduate training in To-

ronto.

After six months in Boston we

came back to Toronto and I

started my practice as a general

surgeon at TGH and also devel-

oping the use of chemotherapy in

surgical practice. My liver sur-

gery was confined to the labora-

tory for a while but I was able to

apply the techniques learned in

the lab to do operations in

patients with surgical liver and

pancreas problems. Before very

long, I became so busy with that

work that I had to train two other

people in that new field. Some

time later we started the first sub

specialized fellowship training

program in liver and pancreatic

surgery in North America to train

surgeons for other centers. In 1963

Tom Starzl in Denver had done the

first successful liver transplant and

over the next decade other centers

were starting up, but it was still in

the realm of experimental surgery.

By 1980 however, the surgical

techniques and the methods of im-

munosuppression to avoid rejec-

tion had become pretty standard-

ized. Also, the UWO had started a

liver transplant program and we

were having to send patients from

Toronto to London for transplant

surgery.

We decided to start a program in

Toronto and sent one of our best

surgical trainees, Leonard

Makowka who had done our liver

surgery fellowship to Starzl to be

trained – and to come back and run

our program. Starzl liked him so

much that he hired him. We had

done all the preparatory work in-

cluding hiring Gary Levy a bril-

liant hepatologist to run the medi-

cal side and the research lab that we

decided to go ahead ourselves .

And so in 1985 I did the first liver

transplant in Toronto with my 2

colleagues and with Leonard Ma-

kowka in the room, who we had

brought back to coach us through it.

That first operation went well but

the patient later died of infection

due to overtreatment with immuno-

suppression –but the program was

started and it never looked back.

This past week there was a 25th an-

niversary celebration of the trans-

plant team that now includes six

surgeons. I learned that the U of T

program has now done over 2000

liver transplants, it has the largest

living donor liver transplant pro-

gram in North America and has

trained over 50 transplant surgeons

for centers in Canada, the USA and

other countries.

So what does all this have to do

with my time at Harbord Colle-

giate?

It also was the place where I made

friends that remain among my most

cherished friends today – including

Laurie, Howard, Red, Josh and Ma-

chi who I am pleased to see are all

alive and well and here today.

I would have to say that Harbord

was the ideal environment for me

at that stage of my life. It was a

diverse community of students; it

was challenging; and it had a wide

range of activities that allowed me

to explore my own interests and to

develop the learning skills and

confidence to go on to university.

Issue 63

More Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate

– Mildred (Machi) Steinberg

THE HARBORDITE

As the youngest of 4 girls in my

family I was expected to attend

Central Commerce and follow

in the footsteps of my sisters i.e.

become a secretary and get mar-

ried….maybe not even in that

order. Thankfully my teachers

and the principal of Commerce

persuaded my parents that they

and I should raise my expecta-

tions academically and my path

was determined to enter Harbord

in the 10th Grade.

Of course, there was no money

for tutors, and truth be told, for

not much of anything – I was ex-

pected to teach myself the Grade

9 curricula for French, Latin,

Math and Science – which I did

over the summer. Thus I made

my debut at this most exceptional

school in Grade 10.

I was figuratively embraced by

both teachers and students, many

of whom I still recall as warm,

compassionate, special people.

After all, most of us came from

immigrant families whose first

language in many cases was Yid-

dish (which did come in handy in

German classes where our teach-

ers were amazed at our facility

with the accent). Many of our

teachers welcomed us into their

spheres of intellectualism and

shared their expertise with us,

not only in academics, but also in

the ways of the world. They cor-

rected our spoken language and

taught us manners.

Where does one begin to remi-

nisce about the happy days spent

in study, recreation and our

own personal expanding uni-

verse? Of course, we must first

pay tribute to our outstanding

music teacher, Alistair Haig.

He imbued this entire generation

of students with a love of fine

music, especially the Gilbert and

Sullivan operettas, which he

mounted in the most professional

manner, demanding if not perfec-

tion, then the closest thing to it –

and we all rose to the occasion.

I think half the school was some-

how involved in these memora-

ble productions – from stage

hands, sound people, set design-

ers, make-up artists, costumers,

publicists, photographers, to or-

chestra members, soloists and

chorus.

I had the good fortune to have

the opportunity to dance in two

operettas – my favourite was The

Pirates of Penzance, dancing the

Cachucha. What an enormous

thrill it was to be part of that ex-

perience.

To this day, most of us still wax

nostalgic about those times and

whenever possible make every

effort to attend a Gilbert and Sul-

livan production when it appears

in Toronto. We owe a great debt

to Mr. Haig who gave us the gift

of music.

Many of the Operetta performers

went on to considerable fame –

singers Evelyn Gould, Esther

Ghan, Selma Lenchner, our dedi-

cated convener Helen Klingman,

and musicians like Morry

Kernerman, who established the

Kernerman Trio while still a stu-

dent. You all know he subse-

quently went on to become Asso-

ciate Concertmaster of the To-

ronto Symphony.

Morry loves to relate a story

which took place about 15 years

ago. He received a phone call

with a voice from the past, Mr.

Alistair Haig, who was now resi-

dent in a nursing home and in-

volved in their programming.

He wanted Morry to bring “The

Kernerman Trio” to this nursing

home to entertain the oldsters.

When Morry tried to explain that

that young group had been dis-

banded long ago, Mr. Haig

would have none of his excuses.

He gave Morry the date when he

expected his group to show up

and Morry responded with a firm

“Yes Sir, Mr. Haig”….and he did

show up, with a group of won-

derful colleagues from the To-

ronto Symphony, who played a

magnificent program to honour

this special man. Everyone had a

fine time, especially Morry.

When I think back on those days

I have only the warmest feelings

towards our teachers. I know

that many of the boys gave some

of them a hard time, but I like to

think that it was only in good fun

and not at all hostile. I have only

gratitude towards these teachers

who really did respect our enor-

mous abilities and who urged us

on to excel.

Our most elegant Miss Hislop

(Euphrasia) – I loved that name –

with her chic French fashion, in-

cluding black lace stockings -

insisted on calling some by their

equivalent French names, like

Bernie Langer, who was always

pronounced Langer. I think she

had a great affection for him and

whenever she called upon him

she had a certain gleam in her

eye and a smile on her face.

Of course, being Bernie, he al-

ways had the correct answer.

Perhaps her sixth sense told her

that he was destined for great

achievements. She only referred

to me as Mamselle, because,

what could she do with

Tameanko?

I truly looked forward to our

classes with Smitty, our science

teacher, whose teachings I still

remember in my day-to-day life,

because he taught us more than

science. Even at that time he

was teaching us to respect the

environment. Who could resist

Archie Baker, our Grade 10

Latin teacher, who opened a

whole new fascinating area of

language to me? Who knew that

English rested on the shoulders

of ancient Latin? I was devas-

tated when he passed away dur-

ing the summer before our Grade

11 year.

My love for books and reading

was fostered by Dr. Kingston‟s

analyses of Shakespeare and con-

temporary poetry, which resonate

with me to this day.

How fortunate we were to have

interested and willing teachers to

meet with us extra-curricularly,

not only to promote the sports

activities, but to also set up clubs

like the Soldalitas (the Latin

Club – can you imagine kids to-

day sitting around in togas, chat-

ting in Latin?), the Debating So-

ciety, the chess club, the Harbord

Review and the Parabola Club.

We all know the history of the

Parabola Club and its demise, but

did you know that even then, we

had our very own rabble-rouser

in Alan Borovoy, who led a dele-

gation to the principal to plead

for justice and re-instate our be-

loved Parabola Show? Alan won

that case, but was not so success-

ful when he led a student strike

on the Opening Day of the Ball-

game. I remember marching

around the school grounds sing-

ing “Take Me Out to the Ball-

game”, but our Principal was not

amenable to giving us the after-

noon off. It was still a lot of fun.

We enjoyed the talents of so

many of our fellow students who

went on to careers in show

business on stage and screen, but

one stands out for me – Toby

Robbins – a beautiful person

both inside and out. On many

occasions we were treated to her

quoting poetry or a Shakespear-

ean monologue. Remembering

how she recited “In Flanders

Fields” on Remembrance Day

still moves me. We lost her too

soon.

Continued page 18

Issue 63


Although I experienced very few

low points, the lowest point came

with the stealth of my beautiful

new shoes, bought with my own

hard-earned money, from the

dressing room, as I played bas-

ketball with the girls‟ team in our

gym. The funniest moment came

with the newspaper announce-

ments of Harbord‟s scholarships.

Among the winners were three

Japanese-Canadian students:

Marc Sumi, Teruo Izakawa and

Mildred Tameanko.

When Helen approached me to

share some memories of Harbord

I at first declined claiming that I

would not be able to remember

much, but lo and behold, once I

began to write I was filled with

memories. Because of time con-

straints I am sharing only a small

portion of them.

I have never ceased to wonder at

our good fortune to have been

born too early to experience

the horrors of the Second World

War, but old enough to be

scarred by the aftermath of that

war, when we learned of the ter-

rible fate of our European rela-

tives.

I guess we can still consider our-

selves the fortunate generation

and how very, very fortunate we

were to be students at that won-

drous time at Harbord Collegiate.

Our school and its dedicated

teachers helped to mould and

shape us so that our graduates

could go on to distinguish them-

selves in all the professional

fields – medicine, pharmacy, the

sciences, the performing arts and

visual arts, journalism and litera-

ture, the law and in the field of

finance. We remain a unique

group.

Onward Harbord !

Harbord Club Awards Assembly to Celebrate Outstanding

Student Achievements!

More Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate

- Continued...

THE HARBORDITE

No other high school exists in

this country whose grateful

alumni has taken on the

responsibility to keep alive the

exceptional spirit of those

magical years, by endowing

scholarships to commemorate

our teachers with living

memorials to reward deserving

students and to preserve the

memories of the past history of

our school. Your attendance

here today demonstrates our

ongoing enthusiastic spirit and

our gratitude and support for a

truly extraordinary school.

Harbord is having an Awards Assembly and Reception on

Wed. Nov. 17, 2010.

Class of 1960 are invited to join us in the Harbord Museum

at 9:45 am with the Assembly in the Auditorium from 10 to

11am.

Including Commencement Awards, this year the Harbord

Charitable Foundation and the Harbord Club are giving

over $10.000.00 towards over 65 student awards.

Sid Ingham, Class of 1978, B.A.

U of Toronto, M Div, Tyndale

University College & Seminary.

Self employed entrepreneur.

President & CEO of moist wipes

manufacturing and supply busi-

ness.

Ben Lee, Class of 1978, M.A.Sc

in Civil Engineering, U of T,

B.A. in Comp. Sci. York U.

Senior Systems Integrator at the

City of Toronto. Very proud to

be a Harbordite! And looking

forward to reconnecting with

former classmates.

Introducing the NEW Harbord Club Board of Directors!

Syd Moscoe, Class of 1952,

President Pro-Tem. Curator of

the Harbord Museum. Years of

volunteering in the Harbord Club

helping to reconnect Alumni

with the School!

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Diana Da Silva, Class of 2009.

Coordinator of the Homecoming

Event commemorating 1960s.

Currently enrolled at York Uni-

versity in the Criminology

Program.

Helder Frizado, Class of 2009

Currently in my 2nd year at

George Brown College in Me-

chanical Design. He also works

at George Brown's Athletics De-

partment

Belinda Medeiros-Felix, Class

of 1981, B.A. U of T, C.Y.W.,

Centennial, volunteered for

HCI‟s 90th & 100th reunion.

Creator of Facebook group

“Harbord C.I. Grads/Alumni”.

She encourages you all to keep in

touch with the BEST high school

in existence!

Class of 1950 - 60th Reunion Photos on Oct 17, 2010

Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes,

Principal of Harbord C. I.

Since Jan. 08.

Mrs. Sue-Lang Wong,

Guidance Counsellor &

Teacher at H.C.I. since

1998.

Harbord Club Staff Contact:

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Helen and Her Guys

(Petroff, Naiman,

Warner, Fedder,

Langer and Rubin)

Fran Simms, Phyllis Sandler

Platnick, attendant, Ruth Scol-

nik, Jean Mednick Korman,

Annabelle Zarnett Fine

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Murray Lazer, Helen Klingman Cait,

Howard Warner & Deanie Rumack

Esther Klein Pohn and Moe Polansky

Ted Izukawa and wife Joyce

Morris Librach and Belle

Steinberg Alan Borovoy and Myra Gula

Sheldon and Doreen Wengle Friedland

Front: Anne Finkel-

stein Allen

Rear: Jean Mednick

Korman,

Annabelle Zarnett

Fine,

Lorraine Kushner

Resnik,

Sylvia Goldfarb

Bongard

2010 Harbord Grad Award Winners

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From Left: Matthew Tuen,

Ilham Elias, Ai Yamamoto, Tina Ta,

Babylon Hatfaludy-Kantor

From Left: Ben Carter-Whitney,

Eric Lin, Daniel Lee,

Kieran Bunting, Simon Thompson

2010 Harbord Grad Award Winners, Continued...

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From Left: Esther Jeon, Bayer Luo,

Lea Damata, Dino Alic,

Phyllis Pearson

From Left: June Lee,

Sierra Medeiros-Felix,

Tracey Biinna

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A congratulatory

letter to Jerry

Gray from the

President of OFL,

Sid Ryan.

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AFM Member honored

with Joe Hill Award

The Joe Hill Award honors lead-

ers and artists who have contrib-

uted to the successful integration

of arts and culture in the labor

movement. Given annually at the

“Great Labor Arts Exchange,” it

is awarded to persons based on

their dedication, participation,

and promotion of labor arts, cul-

ture, organization, and/or history.

This year marks the first interna-

tional awarding, as we honor one

of Canada‟s leading troubadours.

Jerry Gray of Local 149

(Toronto, ON) is the last original

member of The Travellers, a Ca-

nadian folk group begun in 1953.

Much of their music reso-

nated with the years of campus

unrest, and its 1967 recording, A

Century of Song, was a tribute to



100 years of Canadian trade un-

ionism and reinforced the

group‟s labor profile.

The group continues to perform

at concerts, schools, protest ral-

lies, and union gatherings. For

the past 15 years, Gray has

shared his knowledge of union

music by teaching his course,

Folk, Protest, and Union Music,

at various Canadian and US col-

leges and universities. Under his

continuing leadership, the group

has survived for close to 60 years

through changes in the labor

movement, politics, and folk mu-

sic traditions.

The award presentation was

made June 20, at the closing con-

cert of the 2010 Great Labor Arts

Exchange in Detroit, where Gray

was the featured performer.

Congratulations

from Ken Georgetti,

President of the Ca-

nadian Labour Con-

gress, to Jerry Gray

for winning the

prestigious Joe Hill

Award!

The Annual Meeting of the Harbord Charitable Foundation will take place at Har-

bord Collegiate Institute, 286 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, on Wed. November 24th,

2010 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Museum – use the Harbord

Manning entrance (southwest corner of the school) and along the main floor.

The meeting will be followed by The 2010 Harbord Homecoming Event, Honoring the

1960’s, ALL Alumni from All Years are Welcome! The Homecoming will run from 11

a.m. to 6 p.m.

2010 Annual Meeting of The Harbord Charitable

Foundation

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Harbord C.I. Grads/Alumni

THE HARBORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

TORONTO, ONTARIO

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Take notice that the Annual Meeting of the Members of the Harbord Charitable Foundation will be held at

286 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

a) To receive and consider the Report of the Board of Directors, and the financial statements of

the Foundation for the year ended February 28th, 2010;

b) To elect Directors for the ensuing year;

c) To appoint Accountants for the ensuing year; and

d) To transact such other business as many properly come before the Meeting.

Any member who cannot attend is requested to sign and return the attached proxy to the Secretary, Harbord

Charitable Foundation.

(By order of the Board, Pat Wong, Secretary.)

--------------------------------------------Cut and Mail----------------------------------------

Proxy

I, ___________________________, a member of the Harbord Charitable Foundation hereby appoint

______________ as my agent to vote for me and on my behalf at the meeting of the members of the Corpo-

ration on the 24th of November 2010, and at any adjustment thereof.

Dated the ________ day of _________ 2010

Signature of Member ________________

If you are unable to attend the annual meeting, please fill out and return the above proxy or a facsimile, it is

an indication of your interest in the affairs of the Foundation, and will help to obtain a quorum so that the

business of the Foundation may be conducted.

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2010 Harbord Collegiate Homecoming.

Calling all Harbordites & their families

Date: Wednesday November 24th, 2010 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.

We will be honouring those who graduated in the 1960"s (1960-1969) with a special dedication for the

graduating class of 1960.

Theme will be the 60's as we will be taking a nostalgic look back through the music, dress and technol-

ogy of the 1960's era.

Event will be held on site at Harbord Collegiate Institute, 286 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario,

M6G 1G5.

Tel: 416-393-1650

Email: [email protected]

Contact Information:

Name: Sid Ingham

Phone: 416-871-6775 or 416-446-0252

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.harbordclub.com

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HARBORD

COLLEGIATE HOMECOMING 2010 !


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